Thursday, February 28, 2013

Lots going on at Exploding in Sound Records

2013 is off to a great start and there's lots to be excited about at
Exploding In Sound Records. The label recently announced its first two
releases of the year, Fat History Month's "Bad History Month" and
Geronimo!'s "Buzz Yr Girlfriend: Volume 3 - The Metal David Byrne."

Fat History Month are
going out on a massive tour in support of the record. Tour dates are all listed below.

Boston alt-folk anti-heroes Fat History Month are ready to unleash their second full-length, Bad History Month, unto the world via Exploding in Sound Records and Sophomore Lounge Records on April 1st. The new effort follows Fucking Despair,
an album so beloved amongst its listeners that the Boston Phoenix
created a category in their 2012 Best Music Poll to acknowledge its
significance after a social media campaign garnered so many votes that
it couldn’t be ignored.

Through years of toiling away at basement shows, members Jeff Meff (guitar/vocals) and Bob Hobby (drums) have redefined the conventions of what you think of a two-man band. They perform alchemy throughout Bad History Month’s
12 tracks and forty-minute runtime, transforming strung out guitars and
disjointed rhythms into irresistible anthems. Fat History Month is a
band that has mastered the ability to build tension and emanate
fearlessness while doing so.

“Bad History Month,” the
title-track and first single was recently praised by BrooklynVegan,
Impose, The Needle Drop and more. The song is available to stream via Bandcamp [available on Soundcloud
too]. The song serves as a welcome introduction to their idiosyncratic
approach that lies somewhere between the slack riffing of Pavement and
meditative noodling of Modest Mouse. The soft-to-loud dynamics make the
most of vibrant guitars and feverish drumming to establish a tone all of
their own. Amid the emotive vocal swells, the charming desperation to
the lyrics outwits your favorite poet. Recorded by Dan Angel and James
Ryskalchick and Mark Fede at The Sex Dungeon in Philadelphia from
April-June 2012, and finished and mixed by Mark Fede at Bobby Hobby's
Lobby in Boston July 2012-January 2013. The production illuminates with
brilliant layering to highlight the deep underlying melodies.

Fat History Month share their thoughts on the record:

“Another heady conceptual brew from everyone's favorite nonalcoholic
joke band that takes itself way too seriously. In case you didn't
notice, the last one was a comedy album. This one is a tragedy.
Bad
History not only means more songs about your Horrible Family, but it
also refers to a feeling of ridiculously overblown and pathetic
self-hatred, as in the case of that famous cowboy who, after falling off
his horse, couldn't help feeling that in a previous life, he had been
the first human to kill and eat a Neanderthal, an act which singled him
out as the real life root cause of Original Sin, which has been borne
throughout the ages by all of humanity ever since.

Aside from
that, there are songs about the present, lonely, hi-jinx free Future of
the modern world, the true nature of Hell, the comfort of a living room
couch overwhelming the appeal of a life in the great outdoors, baldness
as a metaphor for something or other, love and death through the wide
open eyes of a crushed runaway cat, the deadly blackhole of passing
time, indecisiveness about identity, narcissistic sadness over an early
sunset, and a cannibal mind taking self-depredation to its logical
conclusion. What's it all about? Who knows, but rest assured, it's
intended as a deadly serious collection of deep ideas, a classic work of
Art, deserving of thoughtful analysis for years to come.”

Pre-orders are now available via Fat History Month’s Bandcamp page. The
album is available on vinyl and digitally. All vinyl orders include an
illustrated lyric book drawn by Adric Giles! Trust us, you’re going to
want the vinyl.

Chicago's favorite fuzzed out indie punk rockers are back with the latest installement of their cassette series, Buzz Yr Girlfriend, the first edition for EISR, Volume 3 - The Metal David Byrne.
The trio continue to expand their sound in new directions, and this EP
is a monster. Geronimo! are a rare breed, and this time around they're
coming straight for your throat. Be warned, the new record is noisey,
rowdy, and set to demolish all in its path.

This week saw the band release the EP's first single "Genius is Dead" which is available via Bandcamp and Soundcloud to stream and download. Check out what Austin's GroundFloorGo had to say about it...

"Genius is Dead" is
the first single from the release and it's a fuckin' doozy. After a
bulky display of clamoring drums, the track dives forward into a
signature explosion of loud guitars and shrieks from Kelly Johnson. The
track instantly reminds me of one of my favorite 90s bands in Mudhoney,
but with more refinement in the way they organize their noise.

Buzz Yr Girlfriend: Volume 3 - The Metal David Byrne
will be available March 29th to celebrate the five year anniversary of
the Geronimo!'s first show. You can pick up the tape at any of their
shows and on Bandcamp for the fan friendly price of $2 (seriously) and
digital will be available on a "name-your-price" scale.

The
guys will be heading out on a Midwest / East Coast tour in support of
the release. Check out the dates below. Many are still works in
progress, and if you want to help out with any of the dates, you can
email the band HERE.

OVLOV
- The long awaited full length album is finally set to arrive in early
2013 on LP and digital! Recorded with Grass Is Green's Michael Thomas
III, we couldn't be more stoked to have Ovlov and the Hartlett boys part
of our family. We've heard the rough mixes and have been blown away.
It's only a matter of time now!

If you live in the New York
area, be sure to come out and support Ovlov on March 5th at Glasslands.
Ovlov were selected as support for PAWS (FatCat Records) first ever US
show!

TWO INCH ASTRONAUT
- The Baltimore boys are back with a new full length, and we're pretty
damn excited to be a part of it. The guys are currently mixing and
mastering for a Spring release on tape, CD, and digital. The songs are
sounding fantastic and we truly believe Two Inch Astronaut are gonna
blow more than a few minds.

Stay tuned for more info on Speedy Ortiz's full length debut and several other special releases! Check out all tour dates below.

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